Tim Allen to star in ABC comedy

Jack Burditt behind multicam pilot

Tim Allen has been set to topline ABC’s multicam Jack Burditt comedy pilot.

Allen, of course, spent eight years at the Alphabet with “Home Improvement,” and has made his mark on the bigscreen as well with “The Santa Clause” and “Toy Story” franchises.

Burditt, a writer-producer on NBC laffer “30 Rock” and the former CBS skein “The New Adventures of Old Christine,” will exec produce with Allen, Marty Adelstein, Shawn Levy, Becky Clements, Richard Baker and Rick Messina. Project is from Twentieth Century Fox TV and 21 Laps/Adelstein Prods.

Formerly known as “The Last Days of Man,” script centers on a guy fighting for his manhood in a world of women.